#NotYourAsianSidekick Goes Viral On Twitter

By
Anna Breslaw

Dec 17, 2013

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Yesterday, according to the BBC News, 45,000 Americans used the #NotYourAsianSidekick hashtag to point out the fact that there's a blind spot in contemporary feminism when it comes to Asian women. The hashtag was started by activist and organizer Suey Park.

"I do not see myself represented in white feminism, where a 'seat at the table' [is] equivalent to being a token of diversity," said Park. "In Asian American spaces, I have been disappointed by the narrow ways in which we define Asian American and who we leave behind. #NotYourAsianSidekick is a new space in which those of us marginalized and silenced in Asian American circles get to tell our stories."